Reconstruction drawing depicting Seahenge as it may have looked in about 2049BC, and the theory that the central upturned oak tree stump within the timber circle was used as an excarnation platform, where corpses would be defleshed by carrion birds

Date:
May 2004
Location:
Seahenge (Holme I), Holme Next The Sea, West Sands, King's Lynn And West Norfolk, Norfolk
Reference:
IC222/001
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

This illustration was reproduced across pages 74-75 of the 2005 English Heritage publication entitled 'Seahenge: An Archaeological Conundrum', by Charlie Watson.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC222 Seahenge, Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction and Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(EH):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Dobie, Judith

Keywords

Bronze Age Timber Circle, Bronze Age Excarnation Platform